Divination is and has always been a deeply treasured subject in the magical community, developing the abilities of a witch or wizard to foresee the future and predict our destinies. With many sub-genres, divination's main attributes are often overlooked or thought of as petty compared to the "grand magical arts" of transfiguration or charms. Xylomancy is no exception. For centuries, it has been forgotten as a magical subject and let sit to gather dust, despite its everyday magical properties we take for granted as a society. Here, we aim to revive this captivating magical study and make it known to those who have the needed intellectual curiosity to do so. In renewing ancient and immortal arts, we are creating a new magical understanding of the world around us and its natural wealth.

  Xylomancy comes from the Greek xylo (wood) and manteia (divination), to mean predicting the future through wood, or in common practice, twigs. These interpretations can come from sources of fallen branches, shapes of trees, or other ominous wood formations. Xylomancetic experts and xylomancers alike take into consideration many details, whether it be a piece of wood's size, shape, color, thickness, health, location, or grain pattern.

  "What magical basis for xylomancy do we have?", you might ask. Trees, being a symbolic object of life and force for good in most situations of magical property, are thought to have an underlying soul, sending the magical community messages in the form which they are able to execute best: wood. Despite their inability to become sincerely mobile, the xylomantically-thought wisdom and intelligence of trees is speculated to be more than our own, supporting the basis for xylomancy and the divinative properties of wood formations.

In the chapters to come, we will learn together the complicated and prophetic magical art which is xylomancy, learning to see into our future with the essence of life itself- the tree.